You gotta have a big stick

You gotta have a big stick:

Don’t worry, he isn’t hurting the calf…or the cowboy. Patrick has to keep the momma away so that John can give him his tag and shots. If she wasn’t shooed away, in Patrick’s words “She’ll eat your lunch… it’s serious”.

That’s her baby and nobody messes with Baby.

Number 6000 has just given birth to this little munchkin. He’s a preemi and we didn’t tag him this day because we weren’t sure he was going to make it.

She’s a good momma “you can tell” Patrick says. She’s very concerned for her baby and didn’t let him out of her sight the entire day.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Patrick works so hard. It snowed last night and calves are being born left and right. He worked from about 1:30 am until about 7  this evening watching over the little ones and their mommas. They can freeze almost immediately after birth on a snowy night like that. He has to warm them and get them upright and suckling quickly if they can’t do it on their own.

PS: as of today, I’m told Munchkin is doing just fine.

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